About flower Deliveries

Sunday, July 22, 2018 12:22:44 AM Asia/Dubai

In reply to our question to shed more light on flower deliveries, she had the following answer

There are many factors in Selecting a delivery service, beginning with mapping the radiuswithin the area you wish to deliver your products. Selecting the right territory is the startingpoint of hiring a delivery company that can execute deliveries in a timely and profitablemanner.1. When deciding on a delivery territory, the close proximity to your base location is onlyone of many other important considerations. Delivery proximity is important, but inaddition to close proximity to the shop, also make sure that your delivery service is ableto cover affluent demographics within the city, hospitals, funeral homes, event halls andimportant businesses. Being able to efficiently deliver to these important locations- inaddition to home deliveries- can add important revenue and profitability to yourbusiness!2. Once the coverage territory is determined, then select one or more delivery methodsthat can deliver your products most efficiently. In the past, many florists have chosen topurchase their own delivery van, however with the onset of many same-day deliverystartups, the delivery choices are vast and may include more than one delivery option: Home Delivery and Last Mile​The customers’ demand for immediate delivery has re-invented the last mile of thesupply chain. Subsequently, billions of investment dollars are being infusedinto companies like Deliv, UberRUSH and Amazon Flex, who are organizing independentdrivers to pick up and deliver packages using a centralized GPS route managementsystem. In fact, many large cities are even organizing bicycle delivery in the same way. A world that was once reliant on FedEx, UPS and the post office now has many morechoices to meet the consumers’ demand for immediacy. Herein, technology is thefoundation of this revolution, supported secondarily with the product, itself. Insourcing Deliveries​With Amazon at the forefront, many companies are using a combination of technologyand their own fleet to manage last mile deliveries ranging from food, to householditems, to gifts. Progressive companies are using their own fleets or 3PLs to shuttleproduct around the city. In fact, many companies are organizing their own co-op withother local retailers to support this initiative. Self-Driving Cars, Drones and RobotsWith labor being the most expensive cost within the supply chain, it’s no surprise thatautonomous methods of delivery are being tested. If robot or drone delivery can handle even a small percentage of deliveries, it will change the game considerably reducingoverall delivery costs by 60%. Without the drive-time restrictions of human drivers,a 24-hour, autonomous supply strategy will exponentially create time and monetaryefficiencies. Add autonomous delivery to auto-select robotics already used in mostmajor warehouses, and the path is clear toward the elimination of the cost and timelimitations of human intervention when holiday deliveries reach their peak. Customer Pickup In today’s busy world, don’t forget to also offer convenient customer pickup that may be outside of your facility. Currently, there are companies who are piloting pick-up lockers placed in strategic positions throughout the city. Upon purchase, customers (or recipients) receive a locker address and locker code to retrieve their flowers on their schedule, regardless of the hour. No time for pickup? The system can also summons a local UBER driver to access the locker and deliver the flowers straight to the recipient’s address. Learn more here: http://www.quickflora.com/bloomhouse-flower-lockers/